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Residents press council on shelter funding and ethics subpoenas during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to criticize city handling of shelter funding, ask about subpoenas and ethics enforcement, and call for spending priorities to shift from legal fees to basic services.
At the Aug. 26 Wausau Common Council meeting several residents addressed the council during public comment, focusing on homelessness services, the Good Shepherd Shelter, and the ongoing ethics process involving city officials.
Gary Beltis (identified in the record as representing Good Shepherd Shelter) asked the council to refrain from negative comments about the shelter and described the organization’s expanded services, saying the shelter "has served this…
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